We are younger, and smarter, and have more access to more and more information. That is why we support Dr. Paul.

3:35 pm February 15, 2011

Thomas Jefferson wrote:

Yet another false smear attack on Ron Paul. Ron Paul does not support earmarks philosophically. His point is that if he does not request the earmarks, the spending is not cut - the money rather goes to the executive. Thus, by requesting earmarks, he at least gets some of the people's money out of the federal government's hands. But Ron Paul does support real cuts in spending and taxation, unlike most other politicians.

3:49 pm February 15, 2011

Anonymous wrote:

the answer is not taking money out of the hands of govt - it's taking money out of the hands of corporations, whose profligate use of their infinite funds warps our political system.

3:53 pm February 15, 2011

C.T.S. wrote:

Ron Paul knows what he's talking about. All this publicity he is getting is great, as it will hopefully encourage others to look up his views. Young America for Ron Paul!

4:04 pm February 15, 2011

Conservative wrote:

I am a conservative, that is why I support Ron Paul. I find it amusing that certain 'news' articles are touting that Ron Paul supporters 'hijacked' the CPAC meetings. They are conservatives. So I guess you could say that conservatives 'hijacked' the Conservative Political Action Conference. :/

4:48 pm February 15, 2011

Manigandan Velumani wrote:

Its not only the youth in the USA, but also people like me from India are very attracted to the policies of Dr. Ron Paul, because it resonates and exceeds with new world messages like Zeitgeist and the abolishment of wrong chemical/genetically engineered farming practices, etc. Not all foreigners hope goodwill for the USA, but I realize that USA being the monetary power center of the world, needs to change first for all the other world countries to mind their own business in a good way.
If corporate USA hadn't exported its labor overseas for cheap labor, then we wouldn't have any problems of sudden rich idiots in our country who become wannabe western consumers!

4:51 pm February 15, 2011

lg wrote:

The oldest guy gets the youngest supporters. I think it's great, it shows these kids are not shallow and do not discriminate against him because of his age. I've been hearing some negative talk about these kids lately but I met some young RP supporters once and found them to be extremely intelligent and have a well articulated world view. They don't like war and debt, they aren't looking for a handout and they know social security might not be there for them when they retire. They are not interested in the establishment beltway republicans, Ron Paul speaks to their hearts and I think they consider him a bit of a revolutionary.

4:58 pm February 15, 2011

Scott wrote:

Ron Paul has my vote in the republican primary.

5:04 pm February 15, 2011

Conservative? wrote:

Paul voted for the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010" (HR 2965; 15-Dec-2010), and, was one of four members of Congress---alongside Frank (MA), Kucinich, and Polis (CO)---to vote against "eradicating illicit marijuana cultivation on Federal lands and calling on the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to develop a coordinated strategy to permanently dismantle Mexican drug trafficking organizations operating on Federal lands" (HR 1540; 8-Dec-2010).

Sounds like Paul's libertarianism borders on anarchism.

5:23 pm February 15, 2011

True Patriot wrote:

I LOVE YOU DR. RON PAUL!

LET'S DO THIS IN 2012!

w0000000t

5:33 pm February 15, 2011

Ron Paul Supporter! wrote:

Ron Paul 2012!!

6:09 pm February 15, 2011

Ron Paul Fan wrote:

Run Ron Run!

6:27 pm February 15, 2011

Austrian School wrote:

Ron Paul's ideas represent true progress and a return to constitutional liberty. Of course young people support his ideas.

6:36 pm February 15, 2011

ssa wrote:

Ron Paul is at least honest and straightforward about his extreme conservative/libertarian agenda. The rest of the Republican Party is a bunch of big government impostors that say anything for political gain and then fall back on the status quo once they're in power. Take the new GOP House as a good example...http://www.sunstateactivist.org

6:39 pm February 15, 2011

The Voice of Reason wrote:

To @Conservative?, the HR1540 bill you speak of would raise government spending. Also the official conservative position is one of liberty and freedom. The Rockefeller drug laws have been a very expensive failure, and Ron Paul has been consistent in pointing out they have no place in a truly Conservative agenda.

Yep, Ron Paul carried the vote of those college kids who cut their classes to go to CPAC! Too bad they won't be able to help him win over the oogedy-boogedy crowd in Iowa and South Carolina next year. Without them, no GOP nomination! Next years ticket: Huckabee-Daniels (an Obama dream come true).

8:58 am February 16, 2011

military vet wrote:

Income tax?

How about the payroll tax?

The CPAC is NOT young. If they were they would know which tax to go after.

The payroll tax is the greatest PLUNDER OF THE YOUNG in the history of the world.

The FICA tax is to the young as cancer is to the old.

Both do nothing but KILL the victim.

There is something extremely disingenuous about Paul. There is something very fishy here. His message is NOT a message for the young.

It is a cleverly concealed message for greedy old geezers who are concerned with nothing more than the sound of a SS check dropping once per month in their mailbox.

CPAC kids, when they exist, are political, and that is neither productive or innovative work. Just what we need. Tons of ideologues.

10:57 am February 16, 2011

freedomworks wrote:

oh shut your mouth vet. You are probably one of those anti-Ron Paul fanatics that spends all day tracking his stories on the internet just to bash him.

1:05 pm February 16, 2011

liberty101 wrote:

Actually Ron Paul wants to allow young people to get out of social security and medicare, so they would NOT have to pay FICA taxes because as military vet implied, the payroll tax is evil.
So Ron Paul is AGAINST payroll taxes AND income taxes!

1:07 pm February 16, 2011

Ryan wrote:

Fox actually used old footage from CPAC last year, its a sneaky slimy tactic to attempt to sway public opinion by misrepresenting the truth. Ron Paul is the peoples choice and they are trying to hide that fact in order to protect their own interests.

1:35 pm February 16, 2011

Boardman wrote:

Open access to drugs... Libertarianism is not perfect, just like everything else. As said above, it has elements of anarchy in it.

Not willing to fight?... Libertarianism is not sane.

Mr. Paul, the modern-day Hitler, Ahmedinejihad (sic), or others like him, will always be around. It is obvious that doing nothing is not protecting "free" countries of the world. If you believe letting other countries do to others whatever they wish, because "it's not our Country", would force you to argue that you would stand and watch your neighbor's 12 year old daughter get gang-raped because "it's not my daughter".

1:52 pm February 16, 2011

Syphalis wrote:

Yes Boardman, Ron Paul is like Hitler... ya Jaka$$!

Haven't you realized, the second you make that comparison for anyone (let alone Ron Paul!?) you've already lost.

And yes, my Libertarianism is completely sane for I can use logic and rationale to defend everyone of our positions... you on the other hand, my want to visit a shrink!

3:27 pm February 16, 2011

Boardman wrote:

Syphillis,

I see how I wrote that part incorrectly. I was speaking to Mr. Paul at that point. I was comparing Ahmadinejad's Iran to Hitler's Nazi Germany, which is spot on accurate. I hope it makes sense to you now.

Re:our stance that using Hitler as a comparative example of anything equates to an automatic loss... you can't be serious.

3:32 pm February 16, 2011

Boardman wrote:

So, syphillis, you didn't deny that Libertarianism is a foolish approach to Foreign Policy. Ergo, you'd stand by and let the neighbor's girl get raped since it was not your child?

The 2 main reasons youngsters back Paul is because they want to keep their drugs and not have to fight wars.

11:13 pm February 16, 2011

Skarnkai wrote:

Actually we much rather just be free, and only fight wars of defense, and not wars of choice for various interests. The problem 'conservatives' have is no real unifying philosophy, just what will get them to 51%, just like the 'liberals'. Do they want the 1950s? 1890s? 1980s? Sadly, they believe in big government just as much as liberals, as long as its THEIR government.

7:13 am February 17, 2011

Guy wrote:

He is NOT an isolationist- No meddling *is not* isolation!

12:19 pm February 17, 2011

bud wrote:

Boardman

Awful things are going to happen....neighbor girls are raped in america everyday....we have the highest homicide rate...why don't we fix our problems before we fix the world's problems

12:29 pm February 17, 2011

Antonioalejandro wrote:

I have come to the realization that the balance of money in a country is necessary to maintain a healthy economy. Moreover, money management can only be perform by transparency, and by an informed and educated public. Right now everyone in America knows who Lady Gaga is, but they dont know what a Federal Reserve Note is. In order for us to be free, we need a base of educated voters, and full report of what is affecting the volume of money in circulation. Right now we have the opposite, ignorance and secrecy.

12:38 pm February 17, 2011

Antonio Alejandro wrote:

This man needs body guards. Otherwise he is going to end up like Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, James Garfield, Huey Long, Louis McFadden, etc.

3:26 pm February 17, 2011

Turbo Time wrote:

Ron Paul will bring some real "change and hope". I noticed a HUGE majority of military people I know supporting this guy.

1:28 am February 18, 2011

Kevin wrote:

My sister is obsessed with the guy. She thinks that Ron Paul is way hotter than Brad Pitt, David Beckham, Channing Tatum, and Taylor Lautner combined. She even has Ron Paul posters in her room. She is not even in her twenties. I'm not even joking. Crazy but flattering at the same time.

2:19 am February 18, 2011

Anonymous wrote:

Alejandrol your are probably right. Anway who seeks to limit power and control of the powerful tend to get squashed like bugs. I love Ron Paul to death. Ron Paul is the true economic fiscal conservative and his supporters were a big part of the momentum out of the last election cycle that started the Tea Party. But even still he represents something different. Ron Paul is consistent. Economic freedom for everyone.

I wish his movement had started far earlier. Every day that goes by its going to make the kind of reforms he would like to see harder and harder and more painful (SHORTRUN) too.

I'm 37and I love Ron Paul. He is still one of the few guys who really is different up in DC and his own thinker.

3:26 pm February 18, 2011

Anonymous wrote:

younger im 44 and voteing for him . ok if you call that young ..

4:01 pm February 18, 2011

Revolution wrote:

I love Ron Paul. Why is his support from younger voters a bad thing? Shouldn't we be happy that he's getting young people involved in politics and their country? It's a shame. He's the only one who can truly make a difference and because he isn't a corporate puppet he won't get the nomination. He's the only one who could actually beat Obama, too.

4:48 pm February 18, 2011

WV4Liberty wrote:

Awesome! 45 years old and I'm in the "younger crowd"!

Go Ron Go!

5:30 pm February 18, 2011

wirelessjohn wrote:

Ron Paul is the real deal. 37 and proud to be a part of the younger crowd. Every person I speak to I ask do you know Ron Paul. The ones that do love him. The ones that don't find him and love him. At this point of 2012 all he has to do is commit to running for presidency and we will make the world shake. He will have everything I can give to help him campaign.

2:40 am February 19, 2011

Anurag wrote:

Mr. Paul, the modern-day Hitler, Ahmedinejihad (sic), or others like him, will always be around. It is obvious that doing nothing is not protecting “free” countries of the world. If you believe letting other countries do to others whatever they wish, because “it’s not our Country”, would force you to argue that you would stand and watch your neighbor’s 12 year old daughter get gang-raped because “it’s not my daughter”.

This rape analogy is foolish. If somebody's daughter is being raped you go to fight voluntarily. You are not forced, taxed, or dragged out to join in. This is what is happening to this country. Tax Payers are being looted and maimed by Washington DC, Pentagon and Federal Reserve to invade and occupy countries in the name of freedom.

Second, if girls are being raped in your home, in your neighborhood and in another city, will you abandon the girls in your own home and drive 100 miles to another city to stop some rape? This is what is happening to America. There are plenty of rapes and poverty in our cities and neighboring countries like Mexico, yet while our own home and neighborhood burns, bankrupts and gets raped, we are driving to Iraq and Afghanistan to send girls to school.

Third, chickenhawks like Broadman do not themselves go to stop rape, nor do they send their kids and grandkids. They want other people's children to fight and die and bankrupt themselves. America is bankrput, half million of our troops have ear, brain, ocular injuries or amputations, more than 5000 mothers have lost their young kids in this invasion and occupation.

Broadman's rascaldom is astonishing in the face of truth.

11:53 am February 19, 2011

handyman96792 wrote:

Anurag you are wrong. Ron Paul has more support than is being reportrd. For once the media can't stop a good man. We will win 2012 and Ron Paul will restore dignity to this once great nation.

11:57 am February 19, 2011

handyman96792 wrote:

Boardman your an idiot. I don't do drugs and was honorably discharged from the US Navy and I want Ron Paul because he will restore my liberty. Keep voting the way you and soon soon you will lose your right to run your big mouth.

6:01 pm February 19, 2011

NadePaulKuciGravMcKi wrote:

USN vets for Dr Ron

1:40 pm February 20, 2011

Biju wrote:

Maybe Anurag is rich republican, but most other of us see the war as a waste of money.
1 trillion in war cost, + 1 trillion to care for our woonded soldiers = $8000/taxpayer.
With taxes rising and incomes shrinking, I knew 3 workes at 1 home depot that died in their 20s, 30s, and 40s
trying to make ends meet. The guy working a second job to pay for gas for his work truck fell asleep driving to a second job and died (oil trippled since gulf war started). A diabetic working 2 jobs no time to see Dr dies of complications. A 30s mother of 3 working 3 jobs works exhausted and dies of an aneurysm. Our lives with our families will be much shorter due to govt debt. The workers in the countries we police will retire at earlier ages than us.

9:12 am February 21, 2011

Anurag wrote:

Biju - are you an idiot? I am a rich republican? My entire comment was against these bankrupting wars. That is why I replied to Broadman.
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Broadman's comments are here:

Mr. Paul, the modern-day Hitler, Ahmedinejihad (sic), or others like him, will always be around. It is obvious that doing nothing is not protecting “free” countries of the world. If you believe letting other countries do to others whatever they wish, because “it’s not our Country”, would force you to argue that you would stand and watch your neighbor’s 12 year old daughter get gang-raped because “it’s not my daughter”.
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My comments are here:

This rape analogy is foolish. If somebody’s daughter is being raped you go to fight voluntarily. You are not forced, taxed, or dragged out to join in. This is what is happening to this country. Tax Payers are being looted and maimed by Washington DC, Pentagon and Federal Reserve to invade and occupy countries in the name of freedom.

Second, if girls are being raped in your home, in your neighborhood and in another city, will you abandon the girls in your own home and drive 100 miles to another city to stop some rape? This is what is happening to America. There are plenty of rapes and poverty in our cities and neighboring countries like Mexico, yet while our own home and neighborhood burns, bankrupts and gets raped, we are driving to Iraq and Afghanistan to send girls to school.

Third, chickenhawks like Broadman do not themselves go to stop rape, nor do they send their kids and grandkids. They want other people’s children to fight and die and bankrupt themselves. America is bankrput, half million of our troops have ear, brain, ocular injuries or amputations, more than 5000 mothers have lost their young kids in this invasion and occupation.

I was exposing Broadman's false rape argument. I want our troops to come back from around the world to save a trillion $ a year. So before you get on your keyboard again, try to use your little brain.

And blood and soil Republicans aren't rich. They are the middle and lower classes. The rich are the marxist democrats and big government republican elite who are looting the American people.

And idiots like you should read "Bad money" and other books which document how Wall Street donates 3 times as much money to democrats than republicans.

It is the rich democrat parasites who we need to call out, not the middle class and working class Americans who are suffering from affrimative action, racial quotas and preferences and open border crowd.

2:27 am February 22, 2011

Independence Hall wrote:

Like Thomas Jefferson, Ron Paul understands that the primary responsibility of the President, and levels of government in the U.S. for that matter, is to guarantee our liberty and freedom, and not to guarantee that we are safe, wealthy, healthy or comfortable. Without liberty, the value of all others things are diminished.

James Madison said that "We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties." Well, the alarms bells have been sounding for some time.

Congressman Ron Paul is a leader that respects and obeys the Constitution, but even more importantly he is a leader that understands and respects the natural rights of mankind.

We have let our nation become a land of beggars and thieves, with petty and arbitrary leaders, primarily interested in regulating the minutia of every individual’s life. This shall end, whether by choice or by the forces of reason and reality which bear down upon us all.

Be not discouraged if the total victory of liberty is not won tomorrow. Be encouraged that the numbers of those who love liberty are increasing. Remember, the struggle for liberty, or to protect liberty never diminishes in value or necessity.

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